The Negative Effects Of The Plessy Vs. Ferguson Trial

In June 1892 Homer A. Plessy bought a first-class ticket on the East Louisiana Railroad and sat in the car designated for whites only. Plessy was of mixed African and European ancestry, and he looked white. Because the Citizens Committee wanted to challenge the segregation law in court, it alerted railroad officials that Plessy would be sitting in the whites only car, even though he was partly of African descent. Plessy was arrested and brought to court for arraignment before Judge John H. Ferguson of the U.S. District Court in Louisiana. Plessy then attempted to halt the trial by suing Ferguson on the grounds that the segregation law was unconstitutional.

Plessy vs. Ferguson impacted America in both unfortunate and strong ways. It all started in 1892 were a man named Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow car that was for blacks only. According to the laws of Louisiana Homer broke one of their segregation laws. Even though Homer was 7/8 whites and 1/8 black he was still arrested and taken to jail. Plessy made a compliant that later on let to a case. Judge Ferguson ruled against his argument that making Plessy sit on a separate seat violated his constitutional rights. Afterwards Homers lawyer insisted to the Supreme Court that the Louisiana’s separate car act violated the 13 and 14th amendment, which were abolishing slavery and grand citizenship rights to U.S citizens, unfortunately the Supreme

The next critical Supreme Court ruling on the issue of civil rights was in 1892 with the Plessy v. Ferguson case. Homer Adolph Plessy was a shoemaker from the state of Louisiana. Although Plessy was seven eighths white and only one eighth black. According to the law in Louisiana, he was still required to use the facilities designated as "colored". In an attempt to challenge the law, Plessy, with the support of civil rights activists, bought a ticket for the first class coach on the East Louisiana Rail Road. Plessy boarded and sat down in the first class coach. Just after the train departed the station the conductor confronted Plessy. The conductor asked him if he was black, Plessy told him he was and that he refused to leave the coach. The train was stopped; Plessy was arrested and formally charged at the fifth street police station.

Two court cases that greatly shaped the future of America are the Scopes trial, and the Plessy versus Ferguson trial by determining the boundaries of religion and science, and determining racial discrimination towards blacks.

Segregation was very common in the North and South Americas during the time of reconstruction. Reconstruction was the time that followed the Civil War. Through the Civil War, African Americans had earned the right to become citizens of the United States and could even vote. However, this was a huge change that the people in the south found it difficult to follow these laws. African Americans still faced racial discrimination. Eventually, segregation took place and African Americans and whites were separated. Many activists during this time attempted to help end segregation. The Plessy vs. Ferguson case is an example of a man trying to end and point out the unfairness of segregation. Plessy was one eighth African American and looked white. However,

1. Plessy v. Ferguson was decided after a period of time where African Americans were granted more rights and freedoms under the law. During Reconstruction (1865-1877), African Americans were allowed to hold public office and vote. Some areas of the South had African American communities that were economically sufficient. After reconstruction ended, the "white man's government" resumed upon the withdrawal of Northern troops and the assistance of the Freedmen's Bureau. Jim Crow laws were passed that placed African Americans in a second class citizenship. This "flip-flop" between no rights (slavery), Reconstruction era rights, and no rights again (Jim Crow) is justifiably frustrating.

The Plessy versus Ferguson case started with an incident where an African American passenger on a train, Homer Plessy, broke Louisiana law by refusing to sit in a Jim Crow car, a separate cart on the train where African Americans had to sit. This

Ferguson ,this case caused a lot of riot and has many acts towards it and judgement. As well ,This case was brought to the Supreme Court attention when homer plessy got arrested for sitting in a " white compartment " and was charged with violating state law because, blacks where only allowed to sit in one small section that the government provided or they got an 25 dollar fine or 20 days in jail. But at the time,this was considered acceptable because it was "separate but equal" A group of young black men who had enough of it created a group called“Citizens’ Committee to Test the Constitutionality of the Separate Car Law.” They raised money and got an lawyer" Albion W. Tourgée" to plead there case which worked and got the Louisiana state Supreme Court to make the law

In 1896, Plessy lost the case Plessy v. Ferguson by a vote of 7-1, which ruled that

Ferguson was the essential foundation of segregation. Soon after these trials, congress believed they could help stiffen up the equal but divided laws. So congress passed laws to further divide races across America. Not only did the laws become more stricter in the South, some of the segregation rules applied in the North as well. If it wasn’t for Plessy, none of what you would have known about segregation would have existed. Rosa Parks wouldn’t have been able to make history in that bus. Martin luther king couldn’t make his speech to tell the American people what his dream was. In fact, segregation would have been a normal thing to this day without Plessy. Further pushing and restricting the laws of segregation encouraged Blacks to stand up for themselves, and that's what finally happened in the 1960’s. When Blacks started to stand up for what was right. If it wasn’t for Plessy and his trials, there wouldn’t be a point in doing this whole

The Plessy vs. Ferguson case and the Black vs. Board of Education are cases that were brought to the Supreme Court in order to stop the 'separation but equal' law due to the fact that colored people had the same rights as the whites but were never actually treated equally. Some people judge a person on their looks and color, and that makes people feel as if they should be ashamed of who they are but it's better to be true to who you are. These cases make people think about what African Americans had to deal with in the 1800s and 1900s and it's shows how far America has come. The cases made our world a better place by raising awareness for colored people, the cases showed that the idea of 'separate but equal' conflicted with the 14th Amendment which made it unconstitutional for children of color to attend different school facilities just because of the feeling that colored people are inferior. The Supreme Court may not have realized it at first but they eventually made the right decision, but here are some reasons that the idea of "separate but equal" didn't represent what the Constitution stands for. Segregation was and still is a problem in our world, some people just can't treat others equal, these are

The case Plessy v Ferguson result caused Jim Crow Laws to grow because more people realized the affect they had on everyday life and African Americans. ¨After the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, segregation became even more ensconced through a battery of Southern laws and social customs known as Jim Crow¨ (Jim Crow). Plessy v. Ferguson decision opened the door for Jim Crow laws to spread quickly and be enforced more sternly ¨The Plessy decision set the precedent that separate facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional as long as they were equal,¨ (Wormser). But the Jim Crow Laws were never equal. Separating races, throwing people in jail for sitting in a certain seat on the train is damaging mentally and

　　One of the most crucial factors that had contributed to racial barriers was definitely the racism among working class African Americans. The racism is best shown in the Plessy V. Ferguson case established in 1896.[ 100 milestone documents, “U.S. Supreme Court Plessy V. Ferguson,” National Archives, http://www.ourdocuments.gov/. ] This petition was originally filed by Homer Plessy to the supreme court of state against John H. Ferguson, the judge of the criminal district court for the parish of New Orleans. Plessy was a legal citizen of Louisiana, of mixed descent with a proportion of seventh-eighths Caucasian and one-eighth African blood. With this being said, Plessy was still considered as an African race. On June 7, 1892, he paid for the first class passage on the East Louisiana Railway and took a seat that was designated for white people upon entering the passenger train. Due to Plessy’s refusal to take another seat, he was imprisoned in the parish jail of New Orleans. He was fined for violating

A ⅛ black man, Homer Plessy purchased a ticket that would allow him to ride the white car rather than the black car (Bagwell, Plessy v. Ferguson). When a former colleague of Plessy’s see him, he discriminates against him claiming that he must ride the other car. When Plessy defends himself, he is arrested and his case travels all the way to supreme court. After Plessy’s loss, places such as churches, schools, and public buildings were separated for the Blacks and Whites, beginning segregation. A famous claim was the everything must be separated but equal (Bagwell, Plessy v. Ferguson). Having these separate restrooms or churches gave everyone their own possessions. This law also placed Whites in the position to treat Blacks as equals instead of owning them like property. Having items that both races had planted the idea of equality and helped evolved to what we have in this

After Plessy vs Ferguson in 1896, the installment of separate but equal laws became the standard in the United States. With the installment of these laws in the United States, all public services were supposed to be equal for both races. But these hardly regulated laws only highlighted the differences in service quality received between the races. The separate, secondary accommodations that were provided for blacks were not up to par to the services received by the whites. Separate but equal laws not only separated whites and blacks physically, but these laws made it possible for blacks and whites to coexist entirely separately. Inability to monitor these changes, resources and lack of black representation led to these issues going unsolved.